Paul Valery

"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."

"God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through."

"In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well."

"Love is being stupid together."

"Power without abuse loses its charm."

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

"The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us."

"The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be."

"War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other."